Conservation Treatments
treatment of objects and building elements is a core component of our practice.
JBC has experience treating a wide range of materials of all sorts of shapes and sizes. Treatments are performed by our trained conservators in accordance with professional ethics and guidelines. Treatments typically begin with a conditions assessment. Conservators then work with the client to develop a treatment plan that meets the client’s needs. Treatments range from restoring objects to their original condition to stabilizing them to prevent further deterioration. In all of our treatment designs, we aim to provide for long-term maintenance, reversibility and, when appropriate, re-treatment. At the conclusion of a project, we present our clients with detailed treatment reports that document the means and methods used for the benefit of future generations.
Example Treatments
Sculpture Conservation
Tile and Terra Cotta Glaze Repair
Plaster Consolidation and Re-attachment
Mosaic Conservation
Stabilization and Repair
Graffiti Removal
Stone Replacement, Composite Patching, Pinning, and Polishing
Hot Waxing Bronze
Wallpaper Re-attachment and In-painting
Cemetery Conservation
Resetting Markers
Cleaning
Consolidation
Composite Patching
Fitting a lead cap to protect a delaminating cemetery marker.
A conservator hand-sets mosaic tesserae.
Raking a joint in preparation for repointing.
Repairing damaged plaster keys.
A conservator replaces missing mosaic tesserae.
Attaching a composite replica wing to a damaged marble sculpture.
An armature supports the re-attached arm of a statue while adhesive sets.
Patching a sculpture.
In-painting losses in wall paper.
Wall paper before and after treatment.
A conservator in-paints terra cotta mural panels removed for relocation.
A conservator stabilizes flaking wall finishes.
A conservator remove a thick calcium carbonate deposit from a sculpture.
Resetting a cemetery marker after repairs
A re-carved head on an original torso.
A sculpture undergoes treatment after being broken into several pieces.
A custom stainless steel armature supports a repaired marble cemetery marker.
In-painting a ceiling to conceal repairs.
Sculpture before treatment.
Sculpture after treatment.
A sculptor and conservator collaborate to recreate a sculpture's missing head.
Test fitting a clay model of a replica head before casting.
Patching cracks with composite material.

